The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-04-06
Whole No. 218
Farm Notes.


much as preparation for wheat, for it is
hardly possible to get too fine tilth.
In Iowa 955 women own and direct
farms, IS manage stock farms, own
green houses and 20 manage market
gardens.
Plants will do much better in the
kitchen window than anywhere else
in the house, as they get more moisture
in the air.
According to "The Michigan Farmer"
the pine lumber of that State will at the
present rate of cut be exhausted in about
fifteen years.
Alfalfa, that wonderfully productive
forage plant, is peculiarly well adapted
to the river valleys west OF the 100 meri-
dian where irrigation can be given.
In setting posts farmer states that
where great solidity is required, gravel
and small stones should be thrown in
the hole after the posts are in position
and lime and sand mortar poured in on
the stones, which protects the posts, as
well as keeps them firm,
Farmers who have been for a month
past getting a couple of dozen of eggs
every day and every farmer ought to
do this without making a specially of
the poultry business-have been able
to supply their tables with most whole
some, nutritious and seasonable article
of diet at trifling cost.
Few farmers realize how much profit
may be obtained from few fowls prop
erly kept. Nothing else on the farm
pays so well for the money expended.
To begin with get pure.bred birds; there
Is as much difference between them and
the common dunghill kind as between
Jerseys and scrub cattle.
Horses shedding their coats. This pro-
cess is debilitating and should, ifpossible,
be gone through with before hard work
in the spring begins. Through grooming
and rich but laxative feed will hasten
this change. Oats are best for giving
strength and endurance and there should
be enough exercise given at all times to
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was put oh'
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